Waldour Ross FAMILTON QSO, JP
Known as Ross

RNZAF Service Number: NZ42930
RNZAF Trade: Meteorological Officer
Date of Enlistment: 1942
Date of Demob:
Rank Achieved:Fling Officer
Flying Hours: Nil known
Operational Sorties: Nil known

Date of Birth: 4th of August 1920
Personal Details: Ross was the son of Ernest Ross Familton and Margaret Ethel Dorcus Familton.

He was married to Jeanette for 71 years. Ross was father to Keith, Jan and Garth.

Ross was a school master with a M.A., B.Com. He taugth at Cambridge Primary School, and then Cambridge District High School. He was actually a Form Teacher of webmaster Dave Homewood's mother Judy in the 1960's.

Ross was awarded the Queen's Service Order in the 2007 Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to education and as a Justice of the Peace.  He was living on the North Shore of Auckland at the time.

Service Details: Ross was a Meteorological Officer with the RNZAF, and he served in the Pacific as well as New Zealand stations. No further details are yet known.

Died: 20th of September 2016, aged 96, at Edmund Hillary Retirement Complex, Remuera. A service for Ross was held at 2pm on Tuesday 27 September at St Aidan's Anglican Church, 5 Ascot Ave, Remuera

Connection with Cambridge: Ross became a school teacher in Cambridge from February 1947, firstly at Cambridge Primary School, and later at Cambridge District High School. He may also have taught at Cambridge Intermediate.

 

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